Today you get to hear about preparing for baby #3. I had literally never thought of the fact that IF we get pregnant when we are tentatively planning to (I seriously laughed out loud when I wrote that!)- Planning... you would've thought I had gotten over that a LOOOONG time ago! ok- back to my thought, if we get pregnant in the first part of 2015 like we are hoping, that will mean I will give birth to three babies in a 3.5 year span of time. Whoa. I know people do it, I just generally let out the tiniest gasp and try to conceal my widening eyes when I hear of them! I have always, ALWAYS thought those mom/families were bordering on the crazy side of things. And here I am. A nice little reminder not to judge other people's choices!
In my defense, I have twins. Its different. Or so I tell myself. But in reality, most people would likely say it makes me more crazy. That is ok. I love this hard, sticky, wet kisses, snuggling, sometimes smelly season of life. Days can be a challenge, and nights can be exhausting but I can easily say, this is what I was made for. Being a mom is my everything and I hope we are able to add to this family of ours.
In the meantime we are working hard to get into better shape both just for ourselves and for H & A, but also so carrying another pregnancy can be as successful as my twin pregnancy. To do that, I decided I had some weight to lose. Arg. Not all that fun, but hubs was on board to follow along so it is something we are doing together which is kind of fun. We, very much on a whim, decided to go all in and attempt transitioning to a paleo influenced way of life. Um, just in time for fair/festival and BBQ season, good plan... not really.
However- I cannot tell you how happy we've been with it. I'm not going to lie, the first week was a little slice of hell, but ever since we both have felt so much better in terms of overall health. Less headaches and stomach issues for hubs and less fatigue for both of us. I'd say in general we are eating paleo about 80% of the time, and for us that is working. We still feel good having a little added sugar or a few carbs here or there, but when we go off completely-- holy cow, it is amazing how quickly we are both feeling somewhat sorry for our transgression! The change in how we feel would be enough to keep me trying to maintain the diet, but dropping 12 lbs since the end of May doesn't hurt either!
I still have a ways to go before I get where I would like to be when I conceive again, but I still have gobs of time to get there!
As a side note: I want to remember as hubs and I get more and more serious about our next round of treatments, A is getting serious too. We have a big doll, like the size of a 10-12 month old. For months she has spent most of her days at the bottom of the toy basket. Until recently when A started dragging her out, bringing her to me, giving her a kiss and walking away. It is the cutest thing EVER.Then after he's left to play with other things and I've had my fill of holding a fake baby I set her down on the floor and usually within a minute he is back at my feet holding the baby wanting me to take her. Looks like at least one of the boys is ready for a little sister or brother!
3 comments:
soooo excited for you and your family as you prepare to grow your family!!! :)
Wow...12 pounds since the end of May? That sounds like some good, healthy weight loss. I've heard good things about the paleo life-style, but don't think I could do it! Nice job!
My husband and I really need to start eating better. I hear so many good things like you mentioned (feeling better, less headaches, etc) it's like why wouldn't you do that? I'm just too lazy to actually commit to it. Good for you guys sticking it out through that first week!
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